Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good day to you all.
Madam Fraser, on page 3 of your report, in the section entitled “What we found”, it is stated that:
They also include thousands of contracts for national defence construction and maintenance projects across Canada awarded by Defence Construction Canada [...] It is not known to what extent government information and assets may have been exposed to risk and who is accountable for that risk.
What is stated in that paragraph is quite significant. If you do not know the extent of the risk, that means that Defence Construction Canada and the defence department were not able to give you the information that would have allowed you to assess whether there were risks or not. My predecessor spoke about the construction of a NORAD centre in North Bay. This all appears to be of some concern.
From the responses you have received to date, what has led you to conclude that there was no risk? Are there still risks out there? Is that something you can eliminate?